A Massively Parallel Programming Language and Its Application to Image Processing and Computer Vision

In this paper, we describe a massively parallel programming language V and its application to describe of parallel image processing algorithms. V is designed so as to be independent from target machine architectures as much as possible, and to provide a framework for programmers to describe a wide variety of parallel algorithms easily. V is based on a functional language framework and enhanced by introducing the idea of a parallel object-oriented system. Though V is a general purpose language, its major applications are image processing, computer vision and multi-media processing. Here, we show the outline of the language by using several examples, emphasizing its e ectiveness for the description of parallel image processing algorithms.